Scanning electron microscopic observations of the development of the somites and their innervation in anuran larvae

The development of the paraxial mesoderm in tadpoles of Xenopus, Bufo and Rana was observed with a scanning electron microscope. In addition to examination of the differentiation of the surface and the interior of the somites, some attention was also paid to the transformation of the material of the neural crests and to the innervation of the developing myotome.